Sawing guide attachment for band saws



Aug. 29, 1950 P. O'RILEY 2,520,590

' SAWING cum: ATTACHMENT FOR BAND SAWS Filed Feb. 28, 1947 PATRICK ORILEY,

IN VEN TOR.

Patented Aug. 29 1950 BAND SAWS -':Patrick ORiley, Los Angeles, Calif., 'as sig no r' of 3 one-half to Ralph M, Fitzgerald, LosAngeles,

Calif.

' Application February 28, 1947, Serial No. 731,603 7 Claims. (ems-.151)

. :This invention relates provements in attachments for band saws."

An important object of the invention is to provide an attachment'for band saws which may be secured to a conventional part of the machine by means of which the workman is enabled to make more accurate cuts in thematerial being sawed 'such as headers, nook ends, arches or -othe'r'odd shaped pieces without the necessity of performing the extra operations of marking,

planing and sanding and subsequently left there as apermanent fixture without interfering with the sawin'g operation "of the saw for purposes other than that'for" which the attachment is primarilyintended. 1

A further 'important'object -is to providein connection with the sawattachment a tracer adapted to trace the upper line of thecontoured edge of'a 'templa'tefixed' to the work in advance of the guide roller manually held abuttingly against the face portion-of such edge whereby the saw blade will with greater case be maintained in parallelism with'the contoured edge with'less likelihood of the cutting edge of the saw making laterally jagged'cuts in the work'so that when the sawing operation is completed thefinished work will have an unimpaired'contour simulatingth'at .of the templateedge patterned after.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a saws-attachment provided'with dual guiding means and dual tracing means adapted for: use in -the operation 'of sewing both right- "hand and left-hand profiles in boards.

Also, an object of the invention is to provide in conjunction-with aisaw-guiding attachment a shim to aid in properly gaging theattachment in "relation to 'a' saw" table in'certain types of band saws.

; Qther general objects. reside in providing an attachment for band saws which is easy to install, andwhichsaves timevand labor in that it does not have to be removed when once applied to the saw'head. 5

With the foregoing and still other objects in view, the invention resides in. the novel arrangement and combinations of parts and-in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it' being.understood that changes in the precisefembodiment. of the invention. disclosed ay be made without departing from the spirit of the invention; 5 Referring to the drawing wherein isshowna preferred embodiment of the invention as now reduced to, practice and proven to be worthy of U trade "acceptance;

to new and useful im- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device applied to the headportion of a conventional "saw structure. I

Fig; -2 is a section taken on line 2-2 of Fig; 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the attachment per Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4- of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view'of the structure shown in Fig. 3;

Referring in detail to the drawing, in Fig. 1 is shown a band saw guide head '6 disposed superjacent to the table or bed plate 1 upon which the material to besawed' is supported, and a saw blade 8 mounted *for vertical movement in'said head to maker-cuts in materialsupported by said table. To those skilled in the art to which'this invention pertains 's'uch' parts are of common knowledge and being conventional require no further description except that incidentally errtering into disclosing the invention.

The work '9' tube sawed rests flatly on the table 1 subjacent the attachment l0, soon to be described, the work 9 having superimposed thereon a template II which 'i'n 'orderto prevent relative shifting maybe clamped or temporarily nailed'in any suitable manner tothe work piece, said'tei'nfplate havinga side edge portion 12 contoured in a fashion which it is desired to duplicate as at In order 'to execute joining of the attachment 3 III 'to' the guide "head for the particular band saw shown, I' emplo'ythe' use of ashim"l4' to obviate making any'change' in the standard mechanism to whichtheattachmentis applied. 'On types of saw frames other than that shown the shim l4 may be omitted and in order to accommodate'the adaption of' the attachment to all types of band saws'in general the shim will be made either'a part ofthe attachment as shown in Figs. 3' and 4 or else sold apart therefrom with the screws":

included in the purchased package. a

Nowdescribing' the attachment 'per se, in Figs. 3-5 I show a horizontally disposed substantially rectangularly shaped foot plate or block [6 streamlined by rounding all the corners. In'the Iface portion of the plate which isthe down face when installed I provide countersunk holes' jl'l which mate with tapped holes in the lower face of the head 6 to'which' the attachment secured by means or flat head screws similar to the screws shown in Fig; 3, said screws l5 being adapted to secure the shim M to the platefl'fi when its use is necessitated as aforesaid. m

In the 'frontedge portion ofthe plate 16 as viewed in Figa'l, Band 5; which is the narrower side of the plate, I provide an open straight slot I8, said slot being cut rightangularly into one of its edges and located at the midwidth of the plate to receive the blade of the saw. The slot I8 is of suflicient length and breadth that when the attachment is fixed to the head 6 the saw blade will travel? therein witliiaz working lit the same as it does between the guides MI and 21 superadjacent thereto. The shim is provided with a spacious open slot I4a to embrace said guides and 2|.

Juxtaposed to the right and so as to approximately aline with the saw blade in the operative position I'provide-a paii gf work guide rollers 22 and 23, the' rollen23 beirig'adapt ed to abut the contoured edge l2 of the template II when the latter is at the. nighti-otsaw:

left ofthe smt lsf and the roller 22 being adapted to rollingl abut V the contoured edge of, the template when the latter occupies a position at the left of the saw blades Theirollersi are :supported" on; studs 2'4 one: end of which is tapped into the plate l6, said studs having ldllGBdLShfiiDkjIIOI-HGIISI upon which the mllerssare' rnller bearingiy mounted'irra spaced relation to the plate, said rollers each being held inztiieir rotative, positions byi'means of a screw fi screwedr theienmafi the: shank.

In order for the workman to feed: thezsaw into thework in: such a that when the-758W- ing: operation has-been performed the; cut t3" will be aim. exacts-duplicate of: the contoureahedger I and there:=wilhbe'nomecessitwfoir snmothing' the newly! edge there. provided for: both right and left sawing; of boards: a: pair of indiorrtracers. 2% and iafltracen 2:1 traversing the upper line: oh the profile as shown: Figs. 1

- while:-the-rolien23: roliinglp abuts the-vertically disposed edge 12+ ofiwhichi said upper line: forms the: arr-owed; portions; 34} dependz r-ightang-ularly from the basal portions so-that the: applied positions eachbasal: portion: 3! oveifliesithea upper faceof: the plate: I-,6 andtheiarrowed? portion; 3 l

overliesrtheafrontiedge portion-10f: such: plate:

A; right, angled; clip; 32 is? provided: to secure each; tracer twthe: block: 116;, thewlonger limb of the; clip overlying; the: basahpontion; of the! tracer and; the'shorterlimbmf; the clip extending; down over thaarrowed limbwtc: a: point:- asbont half: way

the; thickness of? theplate: "5;. pairs of screws 35 being tapped into, the: plate: I 6: to secure? the tracersi-l; and-28am: their operative positions.

In operation allnthat, necessary is atir place the templater l I! upon: the material: 9; to; be: sewed ands then: maintain: the template edge t2; against the guide rollen 23 0.12.22 and in line with. the

point oi; the; arrow 21- on- 28;' during; the sawing operation, in suchposition.- of-. the; parts. the slot through whichthe sawpasses the side of" the roller. which: is farthest away from theslot. and

' the; point ot the arrow'having; athree-point: re.-

lationshimwhere-im suchi sider; at the when and arrow point arerequidistant front the side; of

said; slot.

I claim; a

. 1t; Ado-i attachment for; band "saws cflmhlt-ising a eih tamt ally- :rscta ei lmmlate having a rai h slot cut rightangularly into one of its edges to receive the blade of the saw, a roller, mounting means carried by said plate and turnably supporting said roller in a spaced relation to one face of said plate adjacent one side of said slot and near that edge of said plate from which said slot; extends." so; that; roHenYtiJr-ns in a plane parallel tosaid plate; andatracer mounted on the opposite face of said plate and having an indicating point overhanging the aforesaid slotted side. of the plate in a position to travel along a Work guiding edge of a template attached in an overlying relation. to a piece of work slightly in advance of said roller, said roller being position'etf to have rolling contact with said work guiding edge, saidindicating point and the point inithezperiphemofs the roller which is farthest from said slot being equidistant from the side of saiasmt.

2. An attachment for; band saws comprising a plates havingra slot; openmgr out: at? one: side edge thereof; a roller depemiinglpr nimmterh upon the hat face-ofssaid plate in thmcorneir pmttipmformed bysaid. slot and. suchc edge so, as: ta: mtai'rb'imw a plane parallel: tc-such: face}, andvaz tracer-mounted onsaid plate: and having: MIZQWBQE portion pointing: in: the; direction which: said 'roiler depends, from; said plate; the: DQ'iIlti on said: rowed: portion. andthe: side; of: the? miller' which? is farthest from. saidslot being eqnidistanhfrom the side edgerofz saidisloa; 7

3-. Thev combination; with: a; template superimposed; upon a; work: piece;. saidi template: being provided a;. profiled: edgetwhich: it; desired to reproduce by a band saw operation; performed on; saidwork piece;, of: means; attachable: to; the heads of said band; saw having; a; $1012 therein through which: the! sam passes; ion performing 'bhfl'rWOlk-OINSfiid wcrhzpiece; nollen'meanszcarried by said! attaching means? and! engaging saidprofiledredgerbyi manuallypressing; saidprxr filed edge?- thereagainsti while: the reprieducingg'a cuti-n the-work simulating the-:piiofiled edge of. the template;, and a; tracers camiedz: by said.- means in? advance" of said: roller means. for traversing theboundary line of. saidsprofilediedge while. the edge'of: saidrrollerrimmainta'medin r011- ing contact with the fiaceiperifiom ofisai'daprofiled edge.

h Arr attachment: for: band; SEIWS. comprising aziflat, substantially rectangular plate: having: a straight: slot cut: ri'ghtangularlw inter one; edge thereof; atrollen' mounted? upon one: of; the faces of? said plate in: each adjacent comerrportion formed bwsaid sloztzandi such; edge so; that said; rollers: eachrotata-in aiplaneaparal 1elto; such face; and; a tracer. carried by said plate on each side of said slot and providediwith a: pointed portion pointing in the directicn in which said roll'ers depend from said plate, the tips of said pointed portions and the peripheral portions of said rollers which are farthest from said slot being each equidistant from Said, slot.

5': A roller mounted on the underside; of the head of a band saw superiaceiziii the bed plate on which the work is. sawed by: a. saw guided'ibetween guides carried. by said. head}. said roller rollihglii contacting. the vertical". face. of a pro.- filedj edge, oi a template-temporarily secured to the piece of work on whichithe saiw is,v to saw. a duplicate. profile as said profiled. edge. is. manually maintained. against the, peripheral portion of said roller andratracer camiied. by. said head for tracing the outline of the templataprofileas the roller is maintained in rolling contact therewith. I

6. An attachment for band saws comprising a horizontally disposed substantially rectangular foot plate attachable to the underside of a band saw guide head, said plate having a straight slot cut rightangularly into one of its edges to receive the blade of the saw, a work guide roller carried by said plate in a subjacent relation thereto to rotate in a horizontal plane, said roller being adjacent to the angle in said plate defined by said slot and that edge of the plate from which said slot extends, said roller being positioned to have a rolling contact with the work guiding edge of a template attached in an overlying relation to the work, and a pointed indicator carried by said plate in a position to travel along said work guiding edge of said template slightly in advance of said roller.

'7. The subject matter of claim 6, and said indicator being L-shaped with one limb overlying and attached to the upper face of said plate, the other limb of said indicator being pointed and overhanging the edgeof said plate from which said slot extends, the latter limb being flexible so as to yield without being injured when contacted by said template.

PATRICK ORILEY.

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